Chad: Violence continues to fuel large-scale displacement in Lac region. Suicide attacks on 10 October killed 41 people and wounded 48 at a busy Bagasola market and a refugee camp on the town’s periphery. Over 71,000 people who have been displaced since July face urgent shelter, food, WASH and health needs.

Ethiopia: 8.2 million people are estimated in need of food assistance as drought continues, and the number is expected to increase further in the coming months. Afar region is most severely hit, and pastoralists are particularly affected. The nutrition situation is deteriorating.

Djibouti: 1,844 Yemenis arrived in Obock between 29 September and 8 October following heavy strikes in Yemen. This is a huge increase compared to the 10–20 arrivals per week in July and August. The new arrivals are urgently in need of shelter. More than 28,300 people have come from Yemen since March, and an 12,000 will be in need of humanitarian aid by the end of the year.

oPt: 28 Palestinians and seven Israelis have been killed in an escalation of violence since 1 October. Over 1,900 Palestinians and over 60 Israeli civilians are reported to have been injured across the West Bank, Jerusalem, and other parts of Israel.

Global Emergency Overview Web Interface

General Overview

• Completeness for weekly reporting in week 40 of 2015 was 78%, which is lower when compared to 92% in week 39 of 2015 and 92% in week 40 of 2014.

• In week 40 of 2015, malaria was the top cause of morbidity among IDPs and registered a proportionate morbidity of 39.7%, which represents a slight increase when compared to 38.9% in week 39 of 2015. The malaria incidence in week 40 of 2015 was the highest in Bentiu PoC followed by Malakal PoC and Renk. The malaria incidence in Bentiu PoC in week 40 of 2015 is consistent with a malaria upsurge that has reached epidemic proportions. The malaria incidence in Malakal, Renk, and UN House PoC shows decline trend.

• A measles outbreak was confirmed in UN House PoC on 1st October 2015 after three measles cases were laboratory confirmed IgM positive. An integrated Polio, measles, and vitamin A campaign started on 7 October 2015 targeting 7350 children (6 – 59mths).

• Cholera cases have risen to 1,814 including 47 deaths [CFR 2.59%] from three counties namely Juba, Kajo-keji and Bor. The cholera 2015 evaluation meeting took place on 6-7 October 2015 in Juba. Findings are expected to guide better preparedness and response in the future and update the Cholera Preparedness and Response Guidelines.

• In week 40 of 2015, Bentiu PoC reported 55 new HEV cases. The cumulative for HEV is 1,571cases including 14 deaths (CFR 0.89%) in Bentiu; 153 cases including seven deaths (CFR 4.6%) in Mingkaman; and 37 HEV cases including one death (CFR 2.7%) in Lankien.

• The nutrition situation in Bentiu PoC remains critical, results of the SMART Survey conducted in August 2015 revealed a GAM of 34.% and SAM of 10.5%

• In week 40 of 2015, the under-5 mortality rate for Bentiu PoC was 0.60 deaths per 10,000 per day, which is below the U5MR emergency threshold of 2 deaths per 10,000 per day. The notable causes of death in children <5 years in Bentiu included malaria, and pneumonia.

Renewed violence in Unity State in South Sudan keep humanitarian organizations from reaching vulnerable populations. NRC and IRC call for all parties to immediately cease hostilities.

Renewed violence in central and southern Unity State have forced the International Rescue Committee (IRC) and the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) to suspend plans to return to the area after weeks of extensive negotiations and securing permission with parties to the conflict just a week ago. An estimated 251,000 people living in Koch and Leer Counties in Unity State, South Sudan, have been cut off from regular humanitarian assistance for nearly six months, and nongovernmental organizations fear that communities’ ability to cope is nearing exhaustion.

This is the second suspension of NRC and IRC activities in Koch and Leer Counties in the last five months. Both agencies have had to suspend their operations since May due to clashes between armed factions.

“People are running out of time,” said Victor Moses, NRC country director.

“They have had no regular food assistance, shelter support, or other forms of aid since May. After having experienced so many attacks and such sustained displacement, families’ stocks of supplies are likely to be depleted.”

The resumption of fighting comes approximately one month after the government of South Sudan and opposition parties signed an Agreement to the Resolution of the Conflict in the Republic of South Sudan. The recent fighting joins a growing list of incidents being investigated as potential ceasefire violations by the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD).

“The people in Koch and Leer Counties have borne the brunt of this conflict since May, and the ongoing unrest is keeping vital aid from reaching them,” said Ronald-Paul Veilleux, South Sudan country director at the International Rescue Committee.

“All parties to the conflict should uphold a lasting, peaceful solution so that communities in Koch and Leer Counties can recover and eventually prosper.”

NRC and IRC call on all parties to the conflict to halt hostilities in Unity State so that populations can access the assistance they desperately need. The two organizations further call on the international community to exert its influence to ensure that the peace agreement is fully implemented and that aid agencies enjoy full and unfettered access to all those in need, in accordance with international humanitarian law.

Highlights

• UNICEF urgently still needs $1 million for the second S3M child survival survey in 2016. The locality level S3M 2013 survey results were critical in defining the Humanitarian Needs Overview 2015 and the ongoing 2016 HNO. The S3M is therefore an important investment for the broader humanitarian response, especially the health, nutrition, water and sanitation sectors.

• The UNICEF Sudan humanitarian appeal for 2015 is 62% unfunded. The worst affected sectors are Education and Child Protection.

• The measles epidemic in Sudan continues to be a critical humanitarian concern and, as of the second week of September there were 19 localities with an ongoing measles outbreak with 5,869 suspected measles cases countrywide, 3,285 confirmed cases and 68 deaths. This is almost five times above the usual annual caseload.

• In September, UNICEF successfully reached 35,238 conflict-affected people, 23,988 of which are South Sudanese refugees in White Nile State (14,303 in Al Kashafa and 9,685 in Joury refugee sites), through the provision of two new sustainable improved drinking water supply sources.

• The Minimum Operating Standards (MOS) for the delivery of humanitarian assistance in Sudan were this month adopted and released by the Humanitarian Country team (HCT).

Overview

Of the 2.5 million school-aged children in need of lifesaving and lifesustaining education, the Education Sector aims to reach 400,000 boys and girls in 2015 with Education in Emergency (EiE) support, with funding requirement of USD $ 59.5 million. EiE key activities focuses on reaching children in need with the provision of temporary learning spaces (TLS) (benefitting 180,000), WASH in schools (175,000), education supplies (400,000), alongside school feeding (895,000).

Additionally the sector supports community mobilisation: to get displaced children back into school; increase the number of teachers using child-friendly teaching methods and foster the provision of psychosocial care and support to vulnerable children.

In the first two quarters of the year, ongoing conflicts in Darfur region resulted in new displacements of more than 40,000 primary school-aged children. These new arrivals compounded an already dire situation with over-crowded classrooms, inadequate school supplies and teaching personnel. A similar situation prevails in the conflict affected areas of Kordofan and Blue Nile states where local schools strive to accommodate new arrivals. The situation is particularly critical in localities with high influx of IDPs such as Damazine, Roseiris, Kadulgli, Abassia, Rashad and Habila.

Response to date

To date, the Sector has provided basic emergency assistance to schools in IDP camps/gatherings and conflict-affected host communities in Darfur, Kordofan and Blue Nile states. Over 112,000 children (56,992 girls) were assisted with provision of essential teaching, learning and recreational material and 79,621 children (40,134 girls) benefited from construction and rehabilitation of temporary learning spaces (TLS).

Due to funding constraints, progress against most key indicators is significantly low. School feeding has been the highest funded component of the sector so far and has reached nearly 950,000 children across Sudan.

Highlights

• The growing season of 2015 in South Sudan started well due to early favourable rainfall, with earlier than average or timely planting across most of Western Equatoria, Greater Bahr-el-Ghazal, northern areas and Upper Nile. In Central Equatoria and some eastern areas of the country, moderate delays were noticed, but without much consequence.

• The rainfall season continued normally across the country until late June. Field reports indicate that in bimodal areas (west and southwest), first-season harvests started timely and second-season activities were underway, as rainfall remained close to average until then.

Juba Market Highlights

• Prices of most staples in Juba remained unchanged between September week 3 and 4 but increased (7-14%) for locally produced cereals over the same period.

• Compared to August 2015, prices of most food items increased by 6-15 percent.

• Despite slight increase over the last 2 weeks of September, the cost of locally produced staples went down slightly when compared to three months ago, tempered by increased seasonal availability; while those of imported food remained 25-42 percent higher.

• Food prices have increased significantly (100-220%) compared to Sep. 2014 and the three year average.

• Sustained depreciation of the local currency, coupled with dollar and fuel shortages, high transportation cost and attendant macro-economic challenges facing the country continue to pile inflationary pressures on food and other commodities raising the cost of living for highly market dependent households.

October 12, 2015 (JUBA) - Approximately over 600 people have internally been displaced from Mundri county in South Sudan’s Western Equatoria state following recent military confrontations between the army and unknown armed militias, the United Nations said.

Those displaced, the UN mission (UNMISS) said, are seeking protection around and in the immediate vicinity its temporary operating base in the area.

According to a spokesperson for the world body, Western Equatoria state is currently divided between the South Sudanese army (SPLA) and the unknown armed militias.

Meanwhile, the mission said a number of shots were fired into its protection of civilians’ site in South Sudan’s oil-rich Unity state, where some 108,000 displaced persons are being protected. Four of people, including a 13-year old boy, were reportedly injured.

The mission reiterated its call for the parties to the conflict to respect the inviolability of UN assets and premises, including the protection of civilians’ sites, where it continues to protect some 185,000 civilians. It also appealed for protection of the facilities.

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By Samuel Okiror

KAMPALA, 14 October 2015 (IRIN) - Uganda’s withdrawal of several thousand troops deployed in South Sudan since December 2013 is likely to increase the chances of peace, but could it prove pivotal?

The pull-out is in line with the terms of an August peace deal signed by South Sudanese President Salva Kiir and rebel leader Riek Machar, and also with a 9 October UN Security Council resolution.

Tens of thousands of people, mostly civilians, have been killed in the conflict, which has also driven one in five of the country’s population from their homes.

Clashes have continued in several areas since the signing of the latest peace deal.

The troops were deployed during the early stages of the current conflict when large numbers of civilians were being killed. Kampala justified the move as needed to avert a “genocide”, but it soon became clear their primary role would be to support Kiir.

Ugandan Chief of Defence Staff General Edward Katumba Wamala told IRIN the withdrawal of the Ugandan People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) would be completed by the first week of November.

“We shall be closely monitoring the events and situation there,” he said. “We shall not hesitate to return if things go bad. The stability in South Sudan is the stability of Uganda.”

What chance for peace?

“Uganda's withdrawal significantly boosts the prospects for peace, although there are still major hurdles for the government and rebels to leap,” cautioned Phil Clark, a Great Lakes expert at SOAS, University of London.

Clark said the UPDF’s presence in South Sudan had prolonged the conflict and failed to halt atrocities committed by government troops.

“The Ugandan troops, despite their grand statements, were never a neutral peacekeeping force dedicated to protecting civilians, but rather an active supporter of Salva Kiir and the South Sudan government. This strengthened the government (position) considerably and encouraged it to keep fighting rather than negotiating a peaceful settlement with the rebels,” he told IRIN.

“The Ugandan presence also increased the chances of the conflict escalating regionally. Uganda was fortunate that it lost only nine troops during the fighting. Any large-scale killings of Ugandan troops by Machar's forces could have led to an all-out Ugandan invasion in support of the government, which would have had disastrous consequences.”

Godber Tumushabe, a policy analyst and Associate Director of the Great Lakes Institute for Strategic Studies, agreed, describing the pullout as “a useful and important development”.

“You can’t be a player, referee and a facilitator at the same time. We believe the withdrawal will possibly give a peace a chance,” he added, alluding to Uganda’s role as a guarantor of the latest peace deal.

Damage to Uganda

Nicholas Opiyo, a regional analyst and human rights lawyer based in Kampala, said the pullout had “saved Uganda’s economy.”

“The human and financial cost of maintaining our troops in South Sudan war was tremendous. We incurred huge financial losses and personnel. We had to pay and keep our soldiers there. We lost the troops who were killed in the battle.”

John Ndebesa, a senior history lecturer at Makerere University, regretted the deployment ever took place.

“We need dialogue and mediation rather than militarism to solve crises in this volatile region. Whenever a crisis happens in the region, we [Uganda] rush into military means and that has failed to work. Militarism compounds the problem,” he told IRIN.

“Uganda has been a bone of contention between the warring parties in South Sudan’s peace process. When it withdraws and is replaced by international force, it gives peace a chance, in a sense that the warring parties will have trust in the force as neutral.”

Also happy with the development was Ugandan opposition legislator Jack Wamai Wamanga. “The troops were sent to South Sudan without our required parliamentary approval,” he told IRIN. “The international community condemned, denounced and demanded us to withdraw our troops.”

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HIGHLIGHTS

• In Blue Nile, some 23,000 people in five locations in Ed Damazine, El Roseires, and Bau localities need aid, according to WFP.

• In Sudan, improved rains in August have increased agricultural areas planted to 65 per cent.

• In North Darfur, 323 suspected cases of whooping cough reported in El Sireaf locality.

• In North Darfur, a recent MUAC screening in IDP camps in Kutum locality records a GAM of 22.7%.

• In South Darfur, lack of water services in Mosey IDP camp are affecting the estimated 3,300 IDPs in the camp

FIGURES

Displaced people in Sudan (as of Dec 2014) 3.1 million

Displaced people in Darfur (as of Dec 2014) 2.5 million (in 2015) 223,000

GAM burden 2 million

South Sudanese refugee arrivals in Sudan - since 15 Dec 2013 (UNHCR) 193,049

Refugees of other nationalities (UNHCR) 175,250

FUNDING

1.04 billion requested in 2015 (US$)

49% reported funding

October 13, 2015 (JUBA) - Authorities in South Sudan’s Western Equatoria state have unveiled peace plan to resolve recurring insecurity situation in the area by stepping up consultative and sensitization strategies with different groups and stakeholders in the state.

State minister of information and communications, Daniel Zingifuaboro, who is the official spokesperson of the state government said in a statement to the press that the government had stepped launching dialogue with state groups and with the national government.

“The proliferation of small firearms and light weapons in the country, including Western Equatoria has been one of the sources of insecurity in this country and Western Equatoria is no exception. As the state government, we are doing the best within our power to try to resolve by rolling out peace strategies to engage in dialogue for a peaceful resolution of whatever issues that is there [rather] than opting to forceful action to bring peace,” he explained.

The escalation of security situation in the state, he said, has resulted in roadside ambushes and attacks on convoys for different purposes including looting, abduction and random shoot out at night in some places like Yambio town.

He further explained that confrontations between members of the other organised forces, such as the police and South Sudanese army (SPLA) on one hand and the local population in the state on the other hand has been rocking the state.

Church leaders, civil society groups, chiefs, he added, will be involved to meet the groups of arrow boys and armed groups to know their grievances and needs in order to allow the government to address the problem.

He revealed that the caretaker governor of Western Equatoria state, Major General Patrick Raphael Zamoi, is in Juba to make follow-up on the amount of 5 million South Sudanese pounds pledged to arrow boys in 2008 which have been demanded all along by Arrow Boys.

The Minister explained that the state’s top executive official will meet with the military command in Juba in order to consult on how the soldiers in the state could be controlled from causing violence, particularly among the communities in the three towns of Mundri, Maridi and Yambio.

The state official also commended the efforts of Arrow Boys for fighting Ugandan rebels known as the Lord’s Resistant Army (LRA) and nomadic communities called Ambororo in the state since 2006 and for providing protection to civilians as alternative force since there had never been enough police forces.

He acknowledged reports that movement of unknown groups moving at night and abducting youth continue to increase in Yambio and there are reports that most of the youth are disappearing in the town which the local community believe they are going to the bush as rebels.

He said government has been exerting efforts to identify the group but no particular leader or a prominent community figure or organised groups have come up to declare the rebellion in the area.

Night curfew starting at 10pm to 6am has been imposed by the caretaker governor for the past three weeks and patrol of the organized forces in Yambio town has been initiated as one of the key security strategies and steps to address the insecurity in areas under Yambio county.

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World Without Mines (Welt ohne Minen) has granted USD 55,212 to DCA’s Risk Education (RE) work in South Sudan. This allows DCA to give internally displaced people (IDPs), host communities and humanitarian workers a better understanding of explosive remnants of war (ERW) in order to protect themselves from death and injury.

South Sudan has had difficulties obtaining peace and security since the country gained independence from Sudan in 2011. Despite various efforts by the international community to build a stable, new country, violence broke out again at the end of 2013 and the country quickly descended into de facto civil war.

Today, more than 2 million people have fled the country or have been internally displaced, according to UNHCR, and the lives of IDPs, host communities, and humanitarian workers are extremely difficult.

Despite the signing of a Peace Agreement in August 2015, armed clashes have continued and there remains an urgent need for emergency RE in South Sudan.

With the grant from World Without Mines, DCA is able to provide RE to some of the most vulnerable populations affected by the conflict, and to educate community focal points in order to spread important RE messages and to ensure sustainability when the RE team has left the area.

DCA staff are also able to report on hazardous areas and notify the DCA technical team and relevant authorities in case the RE teams find any dangerous items.

Furthermore, the grant allows DCA to train several UN and NGO staff on how to recognize, report, and share messages on unexploded and abandoned ordnance.

In order to ensure that the project activities accurately address the needs and requirements of the affected communities, DCA will continuously meet with community leaders and beneficiaries.

The project started on September 1 and has a duration of four months.

14 October 2015 - A team from the Inter-governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) mediation secretariat arrived in South Sudan on 13 October to follow up on implementation of the peace agreement, a secretariat official said in Juba today.

Hailemichael Gebreselasie, Communications Officer for the IGAD Office of the Special Envoys for South Sudan, told Radio Miraya that the six-man delegation was led by Chief of Staff for the mediation secretariat Abdeta Beyene.

He added that the team would meet with government officials, other stakeholders and partners of the peace process like UNMISS.

“We will highlight and discuss with them how to better implement this peace process so we hope that the parties will implement this peace process,” he said.

Mr. Gebreselasie noted that during the three-day visit, the delegation, hoped that they would be able to remove the obstacles and expedite the full implementation of the deal.

“There is a critical problem especially with the security issue,” he said. “The SPLM-IO (Sudan People’s Liberation Movement in Opposition) has not signed that minute of the workshop but still there is a lot of engagement from the IGAD mediation as well as the IGAD partners.”

Last week, the UN Security Council extended the UNMISS mandate to 15 December and adjusted the mission’s activities to include support to the implementation of the peace agreement.

In the resolution, the Council requested and encouraged the Special Representative of the Secretary General to “exercise her good offices to lead the UN system in South Sudan in assisting IGAD, the African Union and other actors as well as the parties, with swift implementation of the Agreement and to promote reconciliation”.

The resolution also tasked the peacekeeping mission to monitor and report on the withdrawal of all state and not-state actors allied to either party in the conflict from the territory of South Sudan, with the exception of Western Equatoria State based on agreements entered into by the South Sudan government before the current crisis.

On 12 October, the Uganda government announced that its forces had started leaving South Sudan. The government spokesperson, Ofwono Opondo, said the withdrawal of the estimated 2000 troops is expected to be completed by the first week of November.

The council also requested the Secretary-General to prioritize the complete deployment of UNMISS personnel to the authorized military and police strength, including tactical military helicopters and unarmed unmanned aerial systems.

Responding to government questioning of the provision that gave the mission clearance to use drones, UNMISS spokesperson Arianne Quentier explained that the drones are needed to access hard to reach parts of the country.

“The resolution is suggesting and it is very clear in its stake is that there should be use of aerial unmanned aircraft (drones) in order to be able to better fulfill the protection of civilians mandate by being able to better know and assess the situation through those unmanned air vehicles … throughout the country,” she said. “This is mostly because South Sudan is such a difficult country to access, such a difficult country to patrol. The same drones have been deployed in UN mission in Mali also in Eastern DRC also exactly for the same reason.”

14 October 2015 - Some 1000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) have voluntarily started leaving the UNMISS protection-of-civilians (PoC) site in the Upper Nile State capital Malakal, the mission’s spokesperson Ariane Quentier said today.

Speaking to Radio Miraya, Ms. Quentier said the peacekeeping mission is facilitating transport by boat across the river for the people who appear to be returning to their homes on the Eastern side of the River Nile.

“Two days ago there were 1000 people who gathered to the gate of the UNMISS protection of civilians site of Malakal asking to be able to go back home to the East bank of the Nile,” she said. “Some of them were escorted to the west bank to be able to cross. Unfortunately, as this was a new development, we didn’t have boats to make them go across (so) we could only make a few of them to go across.”

Earlier in the week, acting UNMISS State Coordinator Isiaka Adesola Abolurin revealed that UNMISS had set up security measures in order to assist those who voluntarily want to return to their homes, especially in areas around Malakal like Makal, Ogod and Wau Shiluk at the western bank.

He noted that the process, which was ongoing on a daily basis, had involved an understanding between the mission and the Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA) on the ground.

“Through a series of discussions with the SPLA, they agreed to allow IDPs to go back in to their villages voluntarily and peacefully” said Mr. Abolurin.

The acting State Coordinator said since the signing of the compromise peace agreement in August, there had been more calm and security in the state.

“We hope (for) cooperation of the two parties (to the conflict) to bring peace to this part of the country which is badly affected by the ongoing crisis,” he added.

Mr. Abolurin also said there was ongoing relocation from the old POC sites to a new extension area and IDPs were cooperating with UNMISS and humanitarian partners to move peacefully.

“We received news of barges mounted by relief services mainly for the IDPs in both Malakal and the population on the western bank river in Makal and Wau Shiluk areas which are heavily affected by food shortages,” he added.

• Beneficial increase in rainfall along bimodal Gulf of Guinea regions and continued heavy rainfall across the far western Gulf of Guinea.

• Many parts of the greater horn receive early season rains.

1) Poorly distributed rainfall has resulted in drought, which has severely impacted ground conditions and already led to livestock death across parts of northcentral and eastern Ethiopia.

2) Below-average rainfall since August has led to a strengthening of moisture deficits throughout several provinces in southern South Sudan and northern Uganda. Closer to normal rainfall is expected during the upcoming outlook period.

3) Below-average rainfall over several bimodal areas of Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, Togo, Benin, and Nigeria has led to a rapid strengthening of moisture deficits and a degradation of ground conditions.

HIGHLIGHTS

• South Sudanese refugees continue to arrive in Ethiopia through Pagak, Akobo, Burbiey and Raad entry points. The total number of new arrivals from South Sudan since 15 December 2013 is 225,136 individuals, including 220,091 to Gambella and 5,045 individuals to Benishangul-Gumuz region. This brings the total number of South Sudanese refugees in Ethiopia to 288,931 individuals, including 63,795 individuals who arrived before December 2013.

• The daily average arrival rate of refugees is currently 35 people through the Pagak, Akobo and Burbiey entry points, where registration and border monitoring is continuing. New arrivals continue to be progressively transferred to the camps with support from IOM for transport to avoid congestion at the border entry points. Over the last week, Level 1 registration of new arrivals in Pagak was undertaken, with 468 refugees relocated to Pugnido 2.

• Level 2 registration, including photographs and biometrics, of relocated refugees continued in Pugnido 2 camp. A total of 11,897 people have attended the exercise so far and have been issued with proof of registration documents by UNHCR. Of this figure, 3,285 people with vulnerabilities have been identified including 1,468 separated children and unaccompanied minors.

• Construction of the biometric centres has commenced at all locations and is progressing well, with the biometrics pilot project scheduled to begin in Pugnido in November 2015.

• A three-week Back to School campaign has been undertaken in all camps with support from UNHCR’s education partners and culminated by marking the reopening of schools for the 2015/2016 academic year. Thousands of children in all refugee camps participated in the event.

Analysis with WorldView-3 Data Acquired 25 September 2015 and WorldView-2 Data Acquired 22 August 2015

This map illustrates satellite-detected areas of IDP shelters in the UN House compound in Juba, Central Equatoria, South Sudan, as seen by WorldView-3 satellite on 25 September 2015. Satellite imagery analysis indicates that the Protection of Civilians (PoCs) areas occupy 89 hectares, and as of 25 September 2015 they contained a total of 8,214 shelters and 239 infrastructure and support buildings. Also, as seen in inset 2 and 3 of PoC 2 from 22 August 2015 and 25 September 2015 all shelters have been removed and relocated as part of reorganization efforts in the area. This is a preliminary analysis and has not yet been validated in the field. Please send ground feedback to UNITAR - UNOSAT.

The United Nations Humanitarian Response Depot (UNHRD) is a network of depots around the world (Ghana, Italy, UAE, Malaysia, Panama, Spain) that stores and manages relief items on behalf of the humanitarian community. Strategic stocks of emergency relief goods are available at any given time and, at the onset of an emergency, UNHRD is ready to dispatch immediately.

Currently, UNHRD provides logistics services and comprehensive supply chain solutions to 69 partners including the United Nations, governmental and non-governmental organizations. Partners can coordinate their efforts, prioritize dispatches to emergencies, lend and borrow stock among themselves, and benefit from immediate access to goods through a flexible sourcing structure.

To date, UNHRD has delivered a combined 3440 MT of relief items valued at over 21 million USD in support of the ongoing crises in C.A.R., South Sudan and Syria and the surrounding regions.